 | Book 12 Chapter 127 |
| 1 | yudhiṣṭhira uvāca |
| 1 | nāmṛtasyeva paryāptir mamāsti bruvati tvayi
tasmāt kathaya bhūyas tvaṃ dharmam eva pitāmaha |
| 2 | bhīṣma uvāca |
| 2 | atrāpy udāharantīmam itihāsaṃ purātanam
gautamasya ca saṃvādaṃ yamasya ca mahātmanaḥ |
| 3 | pāriyātragiriṃ prāpya gautamasyāśramo mahān
uvāsa gautamo yatra kālaṃ tad api me śṛṇu |
| 4 | ṣaṣṭiṃ varṣasahasrāṇi so 'tapyad gautamas tapaḥ
tam ugratapasaṃ yuktaṃ tapasā bhāvitaṃ munim |
| 5 | upayāto naravyāghra lokapālo yamas tadā
tam apaśyat sutapasam ṛṣiṃ vai gautamaṃ munim |
| 6 | sa taṃ viditvā brahmarṣir yamam āgatam ojasā
prāñjaliḥ prayato bhūtvā upasṛptas tapodhanaḥ |
| 7 | taṃ dharmarājo dṛṣṭvaiva namaskṛtya nararṣabham
nyamantrayata dharmeṇa kriyatāṃ kim iti bruvan |
| 8 | gautama uvāca |
| 8 | mātāpitṛbhyām ānṛṇyaṃ kiṃ kṛtvā samavāpnuyāt
kathaṃ ca lokān aśnāti puruṣo durlabhāñ śubhān |
| 9 | yama uvāca |
| 9 | tapaḥśaucavatā nityaṃ satyadharmaratena ca
mātāpitror aharahaḥ pūjanaṃ kāryam añjasā |
| 10 | aśvamedhaiś ca yaṣṭavyaṃ bahubhiḥ svāptadakṣiṇaiḥ
tena lokān upāśnāti puruṣo 'dbhutadarśanān |